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Hillary Clinton wants to go to Cuba

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Alan Gross stands with his wife Judy and gives remarks to the media after being released from a Cuban prison where he was held for five years, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Gross was arrested while in Cuba while working as a U.S. government subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Alan Gross, just released from Cuba prison: ‘Good to be home’

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a potential 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during a public rally at U.S. House candidate Rod Blum's campaign office on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jessica Reilly) ** FILE **

Marco Rubio slams Cuba agreement, says Obama is ‘willfully ignorant’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, as it rains during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. (AP Photo/File) ** FILE **

Obama hails ‘new chapter’ in diplomatic relations with Cuba

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, Jan. 28, 2009.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama is ‘worst negotiator’ since Jimmy Carter

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban President Raul Castro, as it rains during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. (AP Photo/File) ** FILE **

U.S., Cuba seek to normalize relations

By Julie Pace and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Jeb Bush: ‘Our allies don’t trust us and our enemies don’t fear us’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 22, 2014 photo, a pregnant Daymarys Gonzalez touches her belly while lying on her bed at a special maternity unit for high-risk pregnancies in Havana, Cuba. The 37-year-old pet-bird breeder is unexpectedly pregnant again after her first attempt to have a child ended with an ectopic pregnancy six years ago, and Cuba&#8217;s communist government is doing all it can to make sure she has a successful delivery. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba tries to drive up fertility amid baby slump

By Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Ivan Lee, 12, says goodbye to a family member before traveling to Miami, Florida, where he will reunite with his mother who has been living there for years, as he prepares to board a plane at airport after a new law took effect ending the island's much-hated exit visa requirement, in Havana, Cuba. The government extended in 2013 the length of time Cubans can be gone without losing residency rights from one year to two. That means migrants now can obtain U.S. residency and still return to Cuba for extended periods, receive government benefits and even invest money earned in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Cuban migration surges over land and by sea

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Associated Press) **FILE**

FEIN: Henry Kissinger’s imperialism

By Bruce Fein

Tourists sit in a classic American car in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. Tourism is one of Cuba’s top four generators of income, along with nickel mining, medical services and remittances from relatives living abroad. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba begins to unite private enterprise, tourism

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. (AP Photo/U.S. Army) ** FILE **

House pushes resolution condemning Obama for swap

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, right, tour Old Havana as a body guard, left, and tour guide, right, accompany them in Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

U.S. Treasury determines Jay-Z, Beyoncé didn’t break sanctions law during trip to Cuba

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Cuban leader Fidel Castro stands in silence as he pays his respects at a statue of fellow communist revolutionary Mao Tse-tung, in Mao's mausoleum in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, December 2, 1995. After presenting a wreath Castro viewed Mao's preserved body which is permanently on display in the mausoleum. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

Inside China: PLA rejects travelers’ blame for frustrating flight delays

By Miles Yu

President Obama enters the White House briefing room Wednesday to announce a new series of sanctions against Russia in response to the crisis in Ukraine. The sanctions are aimed at Russian energy, financial and defense companies. (associated press)

Obama rolls out new sanctions on Russia’s energy and financial sectors

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 27, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez says his attorney has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Cuban government had a role in allegations against him that have prompted a federal probe of the New Jersey Democrat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Menendez wants federal probe of Cuba role

By ALAN FRAM and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

FILE - This July 21, 2012 file photo shows bartender Alejandro Bolivar preparing a daiquiri at El Floridita tavern in Old Havana, Cuba, to honor the 195th anniversary of the bar and the anniversary of the birth of its most famous frequent customer, novelist Ernest Hemingway, of whom a life-sized sculpture sits barside. Legend has it that Hemingway once downed 13 doubles in one sitting. There are sites connected to Hemingway in many different locales including Florida, Cuba, Arkansas, Idaho and Illinois. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)

Live like Hemingway: Five places where he lived, drank and wrote

Associated Press